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Bob menendez, with 13 senate democrats, including his closest colleague, new jerseys fellow senator cory booker, calling for him to resign, along with the former speaker of the house last night. Because the skepticism that exists in our country about governance, about this represent party that doesnt believe in governance, we have to stay focused on that. For that reason, it would be a good idea if he did resign. Congress is in town with no solution to keep the government open when time runs out...

Donbas that encome baspassed uk to seize more territory. it certainly possible that this is what the kremlin will settle for. russian forces are bogging down. its certainly not the end of the war and theyre trying to reaccumulate combat power. i think its highly likely they havent abandoned the goals. the way the kremlin is pushing this war is trying to as they frame it get rid of the hostile state thats a threat to russia on the boarder and theyre likely with how much blood and treasure, quite ...

This a bit, no the just that the fact there are already three cabinet posts requires senate confirmation. >> theres that. >> bogging down the senate. on top of that, this is just, a guy here who the president knows and the president has somewhat of a rapport with. more than that, doesnt have a replacement lined up yet. you saw when he fired rex tillerson. didnt announce it saying tillersons out. announced it rolling out with a tweet the person taking his place. they dont have another person set ...

His personal chattel. >> reporter: if alive as the tape suggests, the isis leader could be running out of places to hide. more than 6 million people have been freed from isis control. analysts say this audio message could only intensify the coalitions hunt for al baghdadi. intelligence agencies are combing through the audio for any clues about his whereabouts, if they can successfully target him it might put isis more on the ropes. as one put it all the usual suspects have been killed. brian tod...

Resources. this might go back to the, you know, that old strategy for winning in iowa, that grassroots is what really matters here in order to win this state. that tv advertising, big budgets, big buses with your name plastered across it, that doesnt always mean everything in this state, wolf. >> he worked the hardest. theres no doubt about that in iowa. he was the first to visit all 99 counties and spent an enormous amount of time with limited resources there. lets go to anderson cooper and ali...

High turnout, we have a big intensity gap this time? many democrats will say no, many republicans will say, its an improvement. one other point i want talk about. if we have a close race, i want to look at candidate visits. lets close this down, take away the graphics. this is rick santorum, he visited all 99 counties. look at him out in the western part of the state that mitt romney carried four years ago. lets look at mitt romney, he visited this area the least. of the candidates who visited i...

That went overwhelmingly for rick santorum. the right experience, 16%, and that is a really interesting one, also helping romney. were going to break those down. but best appearence for a president, and this is where you see the romney strength. 37% of caucusgoers say working in government, working in business, 53% say thats the most important thing. so lets flick it over. wasnt looking for the flick, you missed the flick. most people cared about this, and overwhelming. >> this has been romneys ...

>> that was a lifetime ago. >> that was a lifetime ago. but, you know, she made a big point, if she was born in iowa, this was going to be her state. this was going to be -- >> so you think she might drop out or, given her money situation? >> soul searching is what you -- i think, yes. >> and if youre rick perry, what justification do you have for going forward? just because youve got money in the bank? >> the justification of going forward, i talked to rick perry today. he said hes th...